Now that the iPhone 15 lineup is on cabinets, and now we will formally begin interested by the iPhone 16. Naturally, any rumors or leaks you see this early are going to be fluid at finest–even when they’re correct now, plans can and do change and there’s nonetheless loads of time to take action earlier than the iPhone 16 enters manufacturing.
With all that stated, right here’s what probably the most prolific leakers and tipsters say we will anticipate in regards to the iPhones coming within the fall of 2024.
Replace August 22: The newest leak particulars the digicam enhancements and options for the iPhone 16 line.
iPhone 16: Launch date
The iPhone lineup is all the time introduced at an occasion in September and often ships per week or two later. There have been occasions when a specific mannequin or variant will ship in October due to provide chain shortages, nonetheless.
The everyday day for the iPhone and Apple Watch occasion is the second Tuesday in September, which this yr is September 12. So we will anticipate the iPhone 16 line to be introduced on Tuesday, September 10, with preorders beginning seemingly on Friday, September 13, and a minimum of some fashions transport on September 20.
iPhone 16: Value
For reference, the newest iPhone lineup (iPhone 15) is priced as follows:
- iPhone 15: $799/£749
- iPhone 15 Plus: $899/£899
- iPhone 15 Professional: $999/£999
- iPhone 15 Professional Max: $1,199/£1,199
There’s no new details about the pricing of the iPhone 16 line, so it makes probably the most sense to imagine it would price the identical because the iPhone 15 line, a minimum of till we hear in any other case. Meaning the usual dimension iPhone 16 for $799 and the bigger Plus mannequin for $899, whereas the iPhone 16 Professional could price $1,099 as a result of zoom digicam (see under) and the iPhone 16 Professional Max would possibly go for $1,199.
The iPhone 16 could have a smaller Dynamic Island.
The iPhone 16 could have a smaller Dynamic Island.
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The iPhone 16 could have a smaller Dynamic Island.
Artur Tomala / Foundry
Artur Tomala / Foundry
iPhone 16: Colours
When Apple launched the iPhone 15, it launched a completely new colour palette. The iPhone 15 and 15 Plus are available in acquainted Black, Blue, Inexperienced, Yellow, and Pink choices, however with way more muted hues than their predecessors. The iPhone 16 is claimed to come back in white, black, blue, inexperienced, and pink. A leak from Sonny Dickson on X reportedly reveals the brand new fashions:
For the iPhone 15 Professional and Professional Max, Apple makes use of 4 titanium-inspired colours: Black Titanium, White Titanium, Blue Titanium, and Pure Titanium. For 2024, the most recent leak reveals a darker black colour and the Blue Titanium changed with one thing that has a really brown or bronze hue. A earlier rumor recommended “Desert yellow” because the identify for this colour, however there doesn’t look like a lot yellow in it.
Sonny Dickson
Sonny Dickson
Sonny Dickson
iPhone 16: Options
Design and show
There are few particulars in regards to the iPhone 16 lineup up to now, besides that it ought to look, effectively, like an iPhone. Your complete iPhone 15 line now has the Dynamic Island, so anticipate that pill-shaped cutout on the iPhone 16 fashions as effectively. Some rumors say Apple has discovered a strategy to put a few of the Face ID sensors beneath the show, so the iPhone 16 Professional fashions may have a good smaller digicam cutout than the usual fashions.
Ming-Chi Kuo and Ross Younger each report that the show dimension on the Professional fashions can be getting greater–about 0.2 inches measured diagonally–with a barely taller facet ratio. Meaning the iPhone 16 Professional could have a 6.27-inch show and the Professional Max a 6.86-inch show (up from 6.12 and 6.69 inches). The bigger dimension is reportedly essential to accommodate extra subtle digicam {hardware} however may also add a little bit of display screen actual property. A later report in regards to the iPhone 16 show provide chain corroborated the notion of an iPhone 16 (a minimum of some fashions) with slimmer bezels. A mock-up by ZoneOfTech reveals that the iPhone 16 Pro Max could be bigger than the iPhone 15 Pro Max. ZonOfTech doesn’t state the way it bought the scale and specs used to create the mock-up.
In the event you had been hoping to get an always-on show with out shopping for an iPhone 16 Professional or Professional Max, you’re most likely out of luck. Based on a report in The Elec, Apple will follow customary OLED screens for the iPhone 16 quite than the LPTO screens within the Professional fashions in order that they gained’t assist ProMotion or always-on. Nevertheless, the iPhone 17 will reportedly get the higher-end sceens.
On the again of the iPhones, you also needs to anticipate to see a barely bigger digicam array on the iPhone 16 Professional fashions as a result of inclusion of a periscope super-zoom telephoto lens on each fashions and different new digicam tech. Nevertheless, the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus are rumored to be getting a smaller digicam array with a pair of vertically aligned cameras just like the iPhone X.
New to the iPhone 16 lineup can be a Seize Button, in keeping with a number of stories. It will likely be on the identical facet as the ability button, positioned decrease, so it may be activated with the index finger of your proper hand when holding the telephone in panorama orientation. It will likely be contact and pressure-sensitive, permitting customers to zoom in by swiping and to regulate focus with a comfortable press whereas triggering the shutter with a full press.
The iPhone 15 Professional fashions had been initially anticipated to introduce new solid-state buttons, however more moderen rumors recommend they merely gained’t be prepared in time and can seem on the iPhone 16 Professional as a substitute. Regardless, all iPhone 15 Professional fashions are anticipated to characteristic an Motion button instead of the mute swap, which ought to broaden to your entire iPhone 16 lineup in 2024.
Processor
With every new iPhone comes a brand new A-series processor, and you may wager the development will proceed subsequent yr. The iPhone 16 Professional will due to this fact seemingly characteristic the A18 Professional processor, whereas the non-Professional iPhone 16 fashions may undertake a cut-down model of the A17 Professional that debuted within the iPhone 15 Professional, though latest rumors have recommended Apple will rebrand that chip as an A18. It’s far too early to take a position about subsequent yr’s chip’s options and efficiency, nevertheless it’s unlikely that subsequent yr’s non-Professional iPhones could have the identical Professional chip as this yr. A rumor in March 2024 claimed the A18 Professional chip can be bodily bigger, with extra space devoted to an improved Neural Engine with the efficiency to assist Apple Intelligence.
Battery and charging
The battery capacities of the iPhone 16 lineup are reportedly similar to that of the iPhone 15 line, with some fashions as a lot as 5 p.c increased and the iPhone 16 Plus an outlier with 9 p.c much less capability:
- iPhone 16: 3561mAh (+6%)
- iPhone 16 Plus: 4006mAh (-9%)
- iPhone 16 Professional: 3355mAh (+2.5%)
- iPhone 16 Professional Max: 4676mAh (+5%)
A leak in August claims the iPhone 16 Professional will get a extra vital 9 p.c bump (3,577 mAh vs 3,274 mAh).
A rumor in November 2023 claimed that the iPhone 16 Professional could have a brand new battery design with a metallic casing as a substitute of black foil and a brand new connector. This new battery is anticipated to be considerably simpler to interchange to be able to higher adjust to a brand new EU regulation, in keeping with The Info. Customers would nonetheless have to open up their iPhones, which isn’t precisely simple or quick, however as soon as that’s carried out you shouldn’t need to wrestle with adhesive strips.
Charging speeds on Professional fashions may get a lot sooner, with one rumor saying to anticipate 40W wired and 20W MagSafe wi-fi charging.
Digital camera
Based on the most recent info, the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus could have a barely wider aperture on the Extremely Vast digicam and assist macro images for the primary time.
The iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max will get an improve 48MP Extremely Vast digicam, and the 5x telephoto digicam will not be unique to the Professional Max—it is going to be discovered on each Professional fashions.
All iPhone 16s will get a brand new Digital camera button on the decrease proper facet, so it sits beneath your index finger while you maintain your telephone in panorama orientation. The button will be capable to launch whichever digicam or video app you would like, and can use capacitive contact sensing and haptics. Builders can select what to do while you half-press the button or slide your finger backwards and forwards alongside it, for instance.
5G, RAM, and different specs
Apple has been exhausting at work by itself wi-fi chips for years, and even Qualcomm’s CEO expects Apple to make use of its personal 5G modems beginning in 2024. Clearly, that is contingent on continued profitable growth and testing, which has been a problem for Apple and each different firm attempting to make top-tier 5G know-how. A report by Jeff Pu of Haitong Worldwide Securities in October 2023 claimed that the iPhone 16 will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X75 5G modem, which delivers “higher speeds, protection, mobility, hyperlink robustness and placement accuracy.”
As well as, Pu stories that we will anticipate Wi-Fi 7 within the iPhone 16 Professional fashions. Wi-Fi 6E solely arrived within the Professional fashions this yr, so it’s doable Apple makes use of it for an additional yr, however there are already a dozen Android telephones with Wi-Fi 7 and it could be uncommon for Apple to be two years behind if it needed to wait till the iPhone 17 in 2025.
So far as different specs, Pu stories that the non-Professional iPhone 16 will convey a bump in RAM (8GB vs 6GB) and WiFi speeds (6E vs 6) to match the iPhone 15 Professional fashions and assist Apple intelligence.
Naturally, the iPhone 16 line will characteristic USB-C as a substitute of Lightning for charging and wired connectivity. That change already got here with the iPhone 15 and Apple isn’t about to backtrack. Prior rumors about Apple trying to make a very port-free iPhone appear to have fizzled out.
iPhone historical past
iPhone 16 would be the newest in a protracted line of smartphones from Apple. Beneath you’ll find hyperlinks under to our evaluations of all iPhone fashions, together with the most recent technology, which is iPhone 15 and iPhone SE 3 (we’re additionally anticipating a launch of the iPhone SE 4 – however not till 2025). You may also need to take a look at our recommendation on when is the very best time to purchase a brand new iPhone, our iPhone shopping for information, finest iPhone offers and our comparability of each iPhone that’s available for purchase right this moment.
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- iPhone 3GS (2009) evaluate
- iPhone 4 (2010) evaluate
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- iPhone 5 (2012) evaluate
- iPhone 5c (2013) evaluate
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- iPhone 6 (2014) evaluate
- iPhone 6 Plus (2014) evaluate
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- iPhone SE (1st technology; 2016) evaluate
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- iPhone 7 Plus (2016) evaluate
- iPhone 8 (2017) evaluate
- iPhone 8 Plus (2017) evaluate
- iPhone X (2017) evaluate
- iPhone XR (2018) evaluate
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- iPhone 11 (2019) evaluate
- iPhone 11 Professional (2019) evaluate
- iPhone 11 Professional Max (2019) evaluate
- iPhone SE (2nd technology; 2020) evaluate
- iPhone 12 (2020) evaluate
- iPhone 12 Mini (2020) evaluate
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- iPhone 12 Professional Max (2020) evaluate
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- iPhone 15 Plus (2023) evaluate
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- iPhone 15 Professional Max (2023) evaluate
